# Amputations at The Belden Brick Company (Plant 3)
> OSHA SIR `2023109493` · 10/13/2023 · SUGARCREEK, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-roller
## Employer
- **Name:** The Belden Brick Company (Plant 3)
- **Location:** 690 Dover Road Northeast, SUGARCREEK, OHIO, 44681
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were pushing a pallet of brick on a free rolling, roller system. As the pallet was pulled forward, the injured employee's left ring finger was caught between the pallet runner and the roller, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip below the first knuckle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*